Have I designed myself for you like a crystal spring
In sweet forms which sing your favorite verse
Extending to your door in a offering
Of the purest white lilies
In love immersed

Do you walk within the furrows of my heart
I prepared for you and you alone
Listening for a song apart
From any other heard
Or known

Will these crystal springs rain within my heart
Upon these lilies so they may thrive
Breathing air from a song apart
Until I find I have designed
Myself alive

Until I write a tale which surpasses the beauty of a rose
Shakes the face of the sun ‘til he smiles
Creates a fabric, I alone chose
To hold in my hands
Awhile

Until my hand recalls the melody I sang long ago
Its words beam from the spirit of my ink
Into each breaking of day I know
Upon these pages I will write
All I think

No words shall I ever forget to whisper within
Until I know you can hear them all
In the spirit of my verse again
And you forget
Your walls

Until I write a tale which touches the very soul of you
Makes you smile along with the sun
I will weave these words it's true
‘Til this fabric I chose
Is done

I want to be divided in a downward rush
To see where color hides
Scale high walls in a garden lush
Then roam at will, to where
Mischief abides

When time draws near for the rising moon
I want to feel my heart released
Be at command with options tuned
Yet still have one knee bent
In calming peace

I want to thrill at life and bask in its freshness
Cheerfully go on and on and on
Hold wisdom in long embraces
Feel the greatest delight in my heart
Before I meet the dawn

When first light comes to greet my face
I may find more to do
If not, then I will gladly stand in place
With these arms wide open
Just for you

With the rhythm of my spinning melody
A scene is richly spread
The music welcomes and hails me
From innocent eyes
Unread

Love approaches my coast carrying sunshine
My feet follow in command
It’s voice I hear within my mind
My fate’s only wish
Is at hand

I am but only what I think when I have parted
From my coast of love’s sunshine
Shall every eye not look half-hearted
At innocent eyes whose blush
Is now defined

The rhythm renews within each spinning scene
My music hails the richest spread
‘Tis the voice I heard when I was sixteen
With innocent eyes
Unread

I saw three faces within a ring of happiness
Like rays of love that sparkled so
Living only to impress
New delights
Into my
Soul

A white dove fluttered by each of the faces
Connected by a chain of purest air
Teaching them to fly in place
On their way to
When and
Where

Rosy petals floated like the tears of angels
Down each cheek in laughter
By each ear a marvel
Whirling into now
To forever and
Hereafter

An elixir of promises spilled from their lips
Flowing into an ocean of true love
I drank my fill in just one sip
To find myself laughing
And here fluttering
With
The doves

Is there no breath in a glowing rose's dream
After the night has scattered
None so fair warms a heart it seems
Or equals a breath
That matters

When the night is over in a golden sense
Climbing up above the sea
Would you care or take offense
If a dreaming rose
Could no longer breathe

What follows until the last light shines
Within all your memories
Inside small spaces are you so inclined
To be the dreaming rose
That still breathes

Do you dream willingly, continuing to bloom
After the night has scattered
As you take each breath do you presume
That which warms your heart
To be what matters

Close upon one side, are the softest lips
Which move him now to keep
An amber glow
Inside his heart that slips
Into his soul
So deep

He hears sweet love’s open sea
Caress each word
She speaks
Calling him to come to her and see
Emerald eyes
Which make him weak

Remember me
Is the sound he hears
Whispering from her hair
Each lock curling round him near
His loving heart
So fair

Yet in her hands, he sees the clasp
Of sweetness
He knows fulfills
The dreams his soul longs to grasp
Before his life
Runs still

In the midst of a journey within a look of the sweetest eyes
I would imagine flowers as the mightiest giants
When I smelled smoke
I would know there was a fire
And my name would be written in sunshine
Instead of words of defiance

I would never be lost or glance behind me at dawn
Blankness would never claim my day
With gladness I would be filled
I would recognize the swords of those
Who were friend or foe
When entanglements came my way

My time would move ever slowly on the best of days
I would hold all the keys to change
And could tell the difference
Between promises made by the way
Without having fear of my life
Being rearranged

Instead in the midst of a journey within this life of my own
There exist giants who are certainly not flowers
Nor do I always smell smoke
When there is fire
My name is not written in sunshine each hour
Yet to the clouds
I will never give power

This time next year, when the hills are hidden by a sigh
On my back, I will wear whatever comes my way
Even as the wind no longer asks me why
My heart, will still not
Be lead astray

When the whole world seems scattered round my feet
My heart will still carry for many miles
This rhythm, which is my own beat
And those hills, I will climb
As I smile

I will surely taste delight in each new sight I see
Then return to wear once more
Everything upon my back that comes at me
Never asking why
Or, what for

Leaves grow on the wishes she holds
At the top is a bright light
Not a single blow
In five years, I am told
Has she taken
Not standing
Upright

Her journey is covered in water
Spread by
A familiar face
Yet she does not
Let a single drop matter
Her heart stings
But remains in place

An eagle flies straight and true within
Near to the wishes she holds
Carrying the rose
She will have once again
Before
She gives up
Or folds

She will come to her right, before she goes
Leaves the eyes of this world
Darkness will settle
On her bright light
She knows
Before her fists
Will uncurl

When I release the engravings within my heart’s collection
I find my needs are swirled within a sleepless sea
Silence is where I find the reflection
Of wisdom
Staring back at me

Our last night stirred the ground beneath my feet
Surpassing either side of the known
Even though the sun our faces had to greet
A sense of beauty remained in tone

Even as shining dew, rests upon these words I write
There is no light brighter than our own
That could outshine the beauty, of that night
Surpassing either side of the known

Even though the sun, greeted us with a sigh
There was no coldness in his tone
He could see the beauty stirring in our eyes
Because our love surpassed
Either side
Of the known

If where your own name can follow, gleams a star
Cast in the beginning of your days
Warmly hailing you there from afar
Then from the sky you should
Not hide away

Should the world call you one in a million
Yet in their eyes, set you aside
Should you judge yourself to be barren
And from that gleaming star
Would you hide

If in regions, you are known as the gate
Opening to thought and reason
Will you not that star await
Believing firm
In your own season

Should you grow tired and weary of your fate
Of always swimming in deep waters
Would it be fair to shut the gate
And just whose life
Would you alter

If you are perplexed by, where life leads you
Know you now that you are not alone
Keep that gleaming star in view
And that gate open
With your heart’s stone

If it is not the flame of Time’s passion stirring
By what other name can it be called
When roses suddenly bring
Winter’s coldest days
To thaw

Sad eyes give but half a kiss imprisoned
In a cold embraceless Spring
No flowers in the sun
Do Winter roses
Bring

Does Old Nature smile while sweetly singing
With no need to look with any doubt
At the roses Summer’s bringing
Knowing
They are devout

When he tells me all is quiet, we sail so fast
Into the whispers of the night
Far now into a flood that branches past
The pearls we string that dance
Within our light

Always clinging close above our silent thoughts
Are wings that cheer our pearls so rare
Joy cherished that cannot be bought
Sails into the whispers
Of love so fair

Where he begins, my body softly swings
Embracing our single strand
Placing pearls that shine and sing
As our love demands

Through all the thunder breathing from the past
A peaceful glow I will retain
Like a babe slipping into dreams at last
This gentle smile
I maintain

I greet the sweetest sun with this gentle smile
As my tasks I take to hand
Unshaken by that thunder breathing
Or the space in my heart
It demands

I would stir dry leaves if need be each day
If this glow I could not find
Searching for that which my peace arrays
To leave this thunder
Fast behind

So come on thunder breathing from the past
This gentle smile you cannot steal
Breathe upon me and you will find at last
That your breath
I cannot feel

Even as you leave my presence, I must collect my heart
And softly weave my memories one by one
On the edges, they quietly sit apart
Until I say to myself
I am done

If the ocean could overhear, the memories I recall
I could throw a net reaching out for miles
Capture every bit of love as it falls
To join the lines of our hearts
In my smile

All along the blue skies, in the shadows of the sun
Inside of these memories, I could spend days
Traveling through my heart’s caverns
Inhaling a touch left trailing
Of the things you say

Even as you leave my presence, I must collect my heart
Draw back time enough to sweetly examine
The joy all these memories will impart
Until I say to myself
I am done

I am able without a doubt
To take whatever comes my way
Because I believe that I hear a shout
Which says “I Can” every day

When all hope is shattered, it seems
And I am in the stress of strife
I will still lift my chin and chase my dreams
In this battle, I call “My Life”

I will not wait until tomorrow comes
To do what must be done
Because there is no “Can’t”
Where I come from
I am as faithful as our sun

I do not believe that the world is to blame
For my grief or cares
And I do not think a single soul
Should feel ashamed
If my load is more than theirs

I bravely walk along a path I call my own
Not a step, do I take in fear
“I Can” is the name of my song
And I will sing it
Even
Through my tears

When my gentle wings slowly rise, sunset will take the day
Then I will bring you a silver moon to take my place
Do not shed a single tear while I am away
I will be back when the sun again does grace

Our hours will be spent in meadows, kissing crystal springs  
Weaving airy thoughts as they drift into our minds
My wings will rise when sunset night does bring
Leaving a silver moon for you to find

When I return we will sail on a ship of our heart’s desire
Wearing necklaces made of crystal dew
My wings will always rise when our day loses fire
But that silver moon, I will leave for you

Close your eyes and dream of me, when I fly away
Rest peacefully underneath my silver moon
Knowing that tomorrow I will return again to play
Sleep my little friend, I will be back soon

When the way of love nears the setting sun
Do we search other skies for gold
Or feel sweet comfort
Lying next to one
We always
Wish to hold

Do we read a chapter in a newer book
Or just turn another page
Never turn away
Or take a second look
Or think about time’s age

Do we spurn the sparks of yesterday
Thinking they are gone
Or try to relive that passion
In today
A new picture
That we have drawn

True love contains a gold that will never change
Containing sparks which cannot die
Although time’s age will, us rearrange
Love’s sweet gold, is not found
In other skies

I have tried many things, to catch the sunlight’s liquid glow
A ray of morning, I once thought I embraced
Where all smoothness flowed upon my own plateau
I closed my eyes
Felt it brush across my face

I found a shining beam, peeping through an apple tree
Yet when I climbed up to hold it close
It left my hands in exile and I could no longer see
The very thing
I wanted the most

So I turned my fondest eyes, up into the glorious skies
Opened up my heart to catch the glow
To this very day I hold liquid sunlight here inside
You can see it when I smile
Then you will know